All-Star game

Mike Trout homered on the game's fourth pitch and Brian Dozier added a solo blast in the eighth inning of the American League's 6-3 win over the National League in the All-Star Game at Cincinnati -- Giving the American League home field advantage in this years world series. Trout went deep off NL starter Zack Greinke, who entered the All-Star break on a streak of 35 2/3 scoreless innings. The game was tied 1-1 in the fifth until Prince Fielder hit an RBI single and Lorenzo Cain added a run-scoring double.

Reds third baseman Todd Frazier won the Home Run Derby in his home ballpark, defeating Dodgers rookie outfielder Joc Pederson 15-14 in the final. Frazier led the eight competitors with 14 home runs in the first round and finished with 39 overall in defeating Rangers first baseman Prince Fielder, Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson and Pederson. Pederson smacked 13 homers in the first round and 12 in the semifinals before finishing with 39.

The American League maintained nearly two decades of dominance by beating the National League 5-3 in last night's All-Star game. Yankees Captain Derek Jeter started his 14th and final All Star appearance with a vintage opposite-field double, following a 63-second standing ovation from the Target Field crowd. Angels outfielder Mike Trout was named MVP after producing an RBI triple and the tiebreaking double, and the Tiger’s Miguel Cabrera added a two-run homer for the AL, which is 14-3-1 in the last 18 All-Star games.

Baseball's four-day break for the All-Star Game ends tonight with a full slate of games. The AL East-leading Red Sox are hosting the Yankees, who start the second half of the season six games behind Boston. The Red Sox play 13 of their next 16 games at home, where they are 31-16 this season.

In golf news, it is another sunny day along the Scottish coast. Zach Johnson heads into the second round of the British Open with a one-shot lead. He opened with a 5-under 66. The weather has been unseasonably warm and dry. It's expected to stay that way through the weekend.

In baseball news, Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland Athletics won the Home Run Derby. He edged Washington's 20-year-old Bryce Harper 9-8 in the final round of the eight-player competition.

In tonight’s All-Star game, the Mets' Matt Harvey will be the starting pitcher for the National League and Detroit's Max Scherzer for the American League. Harvey becomes the first pitcher from the host team to start an All-Star game since Houston's Roger Clemens in 2004 and just the 11th overall.

In baseball news, Derek Jeter was back, and the Yankees felt a lot better.

The Yankees captain singled on his first pitch of the season, scored a run and went 1 for 4 with an RBI groundout in his return from a nine-month layoff to help New York beat Kansas City 8-4 Thursday. He left for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning.

Daniel Nava hit a two-out single in the top of the 10th inning to score pinch-runner Jackie Bradley Jr., and the Boston Red Sox rallied from a four-run deficit for the second time in a four-game series to beat the Mariners 8-7 in 10 innings.